Letter 178: Chrysostom thanks Euthalia for letters full of sincere and warm love.

Your letters are colored with very genuine and warm love, with a sincere and guileless disposition. For this we give you many thanks. Even at such a distance, your affection has reached us clearly. Keep this love always in bloom. Do not let the length of the road or the pressure of circumstances make it fade. We remember your noble mind and rejoice in the kindness you show toward us. Write often, if you can, and tell us about your health. Those who live in exile are especially hungry for such news. Your letters will be a sweet consolation and will let us imagine that we are enjoying your presence.

ΡΟΗʹ. Εὐθαλίᾳ. Σφόδρα γνησίας καὶ θερμῆς ἀγάπης ἀνακέχρωσταί σου τὰ γράμματα, εἰλικρινοῦς καὶ ἀδόλου διαθέσεως. ∆ιὰ ταῦτά σοι πολλὰς χάριτας ὁμολογοῦμεν, καὶ ὅτι γράφεις, καὶ ὅτι τῆς γνησίας σου φιλίας τῆς περὶ ἡμᾶς μέγιστον δεῖγμα ἐκφέρεις. Ὁ Θεός σοι τὸν μισθὸν δῴη τῆς τοιαύτης διαθέσεως καὶ ἐνταῦθα, καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι, καὶ τειχίσειέ σε, καὶ φρουρήσειε, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ καταστήσειεν ἀσφαλείᾳ, καὶ εὐθυμίᾳ. Οἶσθα γὰρ αὐτὴ, κυρία μου τιμιωτάτη, ὡς οὐ μικρὰν ἡμῖν εὐφροσύνην φέρει, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν ἐρημίᾳ καθημένοις, τὸ συνεχῶς ἀκούειν κατὰ νοῦν σοι τὰ πράγματα φέρεσθαι. Ταῦτα δὴ δήλου συνεχῶς ἡμῖν, καὶ μὴ διαλείπῃς περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας τῆς σῆς εὐαγγελιζομένη, ἵνα καὶ ἐν ἐρημίᾳ καθήμενοι πολλὴν ἐντεῦθεν καρπωσώμεθα τὴν παράκλησιν.